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WALTER WADE HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1949 – July 26, 1970
Service recordWalter Wade Hamilton, of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Eighty Four, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 54
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · July 26, 1970
- ROY EDWARD HARRISSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- CHARLES E HARRISON JRSergeant · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY HENRY MERCERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- DENNIS RAY NOBLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 55
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 57
- CLEMENT JOSEPH TROIANELLOSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 57
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.